Guidelines for Environmental Social Impact Assessment

1 Guidelines FOR Environmental & Social Impact ASSESSMENTC ement Sustainability Initiative (CSI)CONTENTS1 Introduction 82 Context 10 An introduction to Environmental and Social Impact Assessment 11 The importance of an ESIA to project implementation 11

2 Management considerations 113 International standards 164 The ESIA process Overview Project description The screening phase The scoping phase

3 Overview The scoping exercise Scoping report Baseline Overview Physical studies Biodiversity Socio-economic studies

4 The importance of karst environments in cement production The baseline report 55 Impact Assessment Overview Alternative options Measuring potential change Significance of change Mitigating adverse change Residual

5 Impacts Cumulative impacts The ESIA report 645 Stakeholder engagement Why engage with stakeholders?

6 Who are the stakeholders in an ESIA process? The principles and objectives of stakeholder engagement Techniques for stakeholder engagement 746 Environmental and Social management and monitoring The purpose of an Environmental and Social Management Plan (ESMP) What should be included in an ESMP? Verification and reporting Environmental and Social monitoring 827 Practical considerations 868 Appendices

7 88 Case studies1 Synergies of an ESIA, from a traditional to an integrated approach 142 ESIA for a greenfield project in a developing country according to international standards 183 More than meets the eye: Emissions (bio-) monitoring, dispersion and risk analysis as innovation tools 444 Rehabilitation of the Cortijo Nuevo gravel pit by planting integrated organic citrus trees.

8 With landscape integration 625 Resource conservation by co-processing of hazardous waste in India 666 Impacts of local and political aspects in the ESIA process 707 Why fuels in cement are so controversial and what should be done about it: ESIA as an instrument for stakeholder involvement 76 INTRODUCTION0101 Introduction 9 Guidelines for Environmental & Social Impact Assessment (ESIA)The Cement Sustainability Initiative (CSI) is a global effort by leading cement producers who believe there is a strong business case for the pursuit of sustainable development.

9 Collectively, these companies account for around 30% of the world s cement production. The CSI is an initiative of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD). The CSI has developed this document to guide the preparation of an Environmental and Social Impact Assessment (ESIA), replacing the earlier Guidelines published in Guidelines have been prepared to reflect international good practice. Cement and aggregates industry operators (existing and future) are encouraged to use the guidance to inform the development of an ESIA as part of the process required to secure governmental permissions for the implementation of new investments and expansions to existing operations objective of this document is to guide users through the ESIA process, in accordance with international good practice.

10 It offers a practical guide for all projects both large and small scale. The Guidelines are intended for use by both ESIA practitioners and project decision-makers. Where relevant, the document references the CSI Charter. CSI member companies are all signatories of the Charter , which lays out a suite of actions to be carried out by companies as part of their contribution to sustainable development. These actions relate to several topics that s